| Rats used in laboratories at the | | | | an intense sweetener to achieve |
| University of Purdue, West Lafyatte in | | | | satisfactory texture sensation. |
| Indiana USA have had a tendency of | | | | In the United States, five |
| gaining more weight if they were exposed | | | | intensely-sweet sugar substitutes have |
| to food with artificial sweetening | | | | been approved for use. They are |
| substances. | | | | saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, |
| When you eat sugar, the body prepares | | | | neotame, and acesulfame potassium. There |
| itself for calories and makes release of | | | | is some ongoing controversy over whether |
| chemicals to handle this. When you eat | | | | artificial sweeteners are health risks. |
| artificial sugar and the calories are | | | | This controversy is fueled by anecdotal |
| not present, you will confuse the body. | | | | reports and sometimes controversial |
| This can lead to obesity as you are | | | | studies that have gained publicity. |
| tricked to eat more than usually of | | | | There is also an herbal supplement, |
| normal sugar content food. | | | | stevia, used as a sweetener. Controversy |
| Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson has in | | | | surrounds stevia's safety, although |
| their research report published in | | | | natural, and there is a battle over its |
| Behavioral Neuroscience Journal | | | | approval as a sugar substitute. The |
| dedicated information about these issues | | | | learning lesson has to be that one |
| and state they can document these | | | | should not over do the use of these |
| phenomena's. At the same time they agree | | | | "Diet" or "Light" products. Water is |
| it can be contradictory to nutrition | | | | still the best source for the body, and |
| expert's advice on using light | | | | should be used, given the access to good |
| variations of various consumer products | | | | quality water of course. |
| available to us. | | | | According to nutrition experts one |
| There are discrepancies amongst experts | | | | should avoid artificial sweeteners. The |
| that the recent research report from the | | | | problematic part of artificial |
| US researcher is correct or not. | | | | sweeteners is that the body gets tricked |
| However, some evidence is given by | | | | and gets a signal that something sweet |
| various research teams on animals and | | | | is entering the system, and that leads |
| not humans. One seems not to find this | | | | to drop in blood sugar which again |
| effect on humans when doing these lab | | | | increases the food intake. |
| researches. | | | | The problem is worse for those with |
| When the insulin level in the body | | | | weight problems or has problems with |
| increases, the blood sugar level drops, | | | | unstable blood sugar levels. Slim and |
| and you have to eat and/or drink to get | | | | well trained persons will not notice the |
| the blood sugar in balance again. | | | | drop in blood sugar as large as obese or |
| The artificial sweetening substance is | | | | inactive persons. |
| believed to affect the production level | | | | Natural sweetening as Erytriol and |
| of the insulin in the body. Some belive | | | | Xylitol is preferred to artificial ones |
| this effect is small however. Studies | | | | as well as trying to avoid the refined |
| done on humans have demonstrated that | | | | white sugar versus the less refined |
| the calorie intake is less if using the | | | | version. |
| light variants instead of the normal | | | | Sugar and sweets can be addictive, even |
| sugar based products. | | | | if the need for sweets is inherited in |
| As for diabetics, there is another side | | | | our genes. Habits play an important role |
| to it. It is believed that these | | | | here too, which is a trained behavior |
| products would be a good alternative to | | | | from childhood and onwards. By eating |
| diabetics and for those who want to | | | | and drinking lots of sweets, regardless |
| loose weight. | | | | of type, maintains a certain level of |
| The artificial sweeting substances used | | | | need for sweet consumer products. |
| today is very well proved; however there | | | | Refined sugar types introduce lots of |
| are discrepancies in opinions whether | | | | empty energy to the body, which again |
| these substances can have a negative | | | | can result in lower digestion, |
| effect on the human body, especially the | | | | conversion, obesity and type 2 diabetes. |
| sweetening substance. "Diet" or "light" | | | | White sugar also act as a thief of |
| products which contain artificial | | | | minerals and vitamins which again |
| sweetenersoften have notably different | | | | increase the chance of teeth illnesses, |
| mouthfeel, or in table sugar | | | | weak bone structure, and psychiatric |
| replacements that mix maltodextrins with | | | | illnesses.. |